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The Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1928: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on March 17, 1928Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 March 1928384,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 17, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
384,609 km238,985 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1928 is on Tuesday, March 6, 1928 at 11:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 21, 1928 at 20:29 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 14, 192815:20
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 21, 192820:29

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Saturday, March 17, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1928 to the new moon of March 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.45 days.